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TAILORS SHEARS.

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TAILORS SHEARS.

No. 316,488. Patented Apr. 28, 1885.

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SAMUEL G. RUGLAND, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TAILORS SHEARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,488, dated April 28, 1885.

Application filed Marc To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL O. RUGLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented new and useful Tailors Shears, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide tailors shears whereby several thicknesses or folds of cloth can be easily and quickly cut simultaneously or at the same time. I accomplish this object by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my improved shears as viewed from the right-hand side. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same as viewed from the left-hand side. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are detail views.

A represents the shoe or runner of my shears, which is made tapering from heel to point and smooth upon the bottom, so that noprojections or points will interfere with the cloth upon or over which it is caused to pass.

To the heel of the shoe or runner is connected, by dovetailing or otherwise, the handle or thumb-piece B, passing through a split brace in which a pin or axle, G, is placed, which forms a fulcrum for the shoe and thumb-piece.

A handle, D, for the fingers is formed at the lower end of the split brace E, which latter is movable on the fulcrum or pin 0, to be hereinafter more fully described.

A thumb-screw, F, serves to keep the thumb and finger handles apart, and a set-screw, F, passes through the arm of the fingers and handle at its juncture with the split brace and acts against the thumb-handle, also to be hereinafter more fully described.

A section of the shoe or runner is cutaway at one side to receive a cutting-blade, G, that is provided with end slots, G, and is held in end blocks to the body of the shoe by means of set-screws G This knife is beveled outwardly, and acts in conjunction with a cuttingdisk, to be hereinafter fully described.

To one side of the shoe is attached a Hat or horizontal guide-plate,H, upon a curved plate, H, set edgewise, as shown, and upon the opposite side of the shoe is connected a vertical curved plate, I. This guide-platel-I serves to keep the cloth from engaging with the wheel l127, 1884. (N0 model.)

] or working mechanism of the shears,whilethe guide-plate I deflects the cloth away from the thumb and finger handles upon that side of the shears to which it is attached.

The upper end of the split braceEis curved and bent at nearly right angles, as show'n,within which operates a cutting blade or disk, .I, upon a spindle or pin, J. The edge of thls cutting-disk is beveled upon one side only, and this straight edge acts upon or in close proximity to the straight edge of the stationary knife in the shoe or runner.

In order to adjust the cuttingdisk, holesK are made in the bent arms of the split brace, and one of the bent arms ext-ends downwarda little distance below the other, in the end of which is placed a stud, L, having a friction and guiding roller, L, which acts against the face ofthe cutting-disk to prevent deviation. It 1s adjusted by a set-screw, as shown.

Over the cutting-disk is placed a curved shield, M, which is raised or lowered by means of a sliding and slotted arm, M, connected to one of the arms of the split brace, and held in position by a setscrew.

For operating my shears Iemploy guiding or supporting wheels and toothed gears. The supporting-wheels N N are surrounded byindiarubber tires or rims N, rounded,as shown, to increase the tractive adherence upon the cloth. These wheels operate upon the pin or axle O, the ends of which extend outward from each side of the split brace to receive them. This axle also receives the toothed wheel 0, placed between the supporting-wheel N and near the split brace.

The axle or spindle J, which carries the cutting-disk, also carries atoothed wheel, 0, and a spur gear or wheel,O connected to the righthand side of the split brace, meshes with the teeth of the wheels 0 and O, and causes the cutting-disk to rotate through the medium of the india-rubber-shod wheels as the shears are caused to pass over the cloth to be cut.

The proximity of the edge of the cutting-disk with the straight-edged stationary knife in the shoe is governed by the set-screw F and controlled by the thumb-screw F, between the thumb and finger handle.

In practice, the cutting wheel or disk being suitably adjusted, the edge of the cloth is placed upon the toe of the shoe under the edge 0f the cuttingdisk when the hand of the operator is placed within the thumb and fingers handle, and the shears forced along the cloth, parting the segmented or cut portions to the right and left of the shears, while the elastic.

shod caster P at the end of the fingers handle permits the rear portion of the shears to be turned at any angle or curvature,and assists by its traction upon the cloth, together with the elastic rims or tires of the wheels N, to keep the shears from slipping unduly and in vertical alignment.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In tailors shears, the combination, with the rotary cutter J, mounted in a split brace, E, of the adjustable curved shield M, substan tially as shown and described.

2. In tailors shears, the combination of the tapering shoe A, having a stationary blade, G, and guideplates H I, the split brace E, adjustable handles B D, the rotary cutter J, and adjustable guideroller L, mounted in the split brace, the Wheels N N, and gears O O 0 substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

SAMUEL O. RUGLAND. [L. s.]

Vitnesscs:

WILMER BRADFORD, Grills. E. KELLY. 

